My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: January 2008

  • Phosphrescence

    ZZoMBiE13’s getting into the bad pun biz – check out today’s installment of Another Halo Comic Strip. Ouch!(Louis Wu 15:18:20 UTC)

  • Caption THIS

    Hawty McBloggy wants to give you stuff. Good stuff. She’s got a Halo 3 soundtrack, a $20 gift certificate, a 1-month Gold subscription card for LIVE, and maybe more. And it’s all gonna go to whoever comes up with the best caption for a pic Bungie posted last week. Go read her site for full…

  • Ew. Just Burn the Hat.

    Elnea’s posted Episode 117 (!!!) of her Halo Action Figure Theater – things are looking grim for Admiral Norris! However, the fact that she actually modeled a UNSCDF badge for his hat makes everything better. That… or the cake.(Louis Wu 14:41:27 UTC)

  • More details about Seattle PLAY! Dates

    A few weeks ago, we mentioned some performances of the PLAY! concert series in Seattle this month – there are more details now in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Marty O’Donnell will be at both shows!(Louis Wu 14:29:08 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Tourney in Tennessee

    The Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN will be host to a Halo 3 tourney this weekend – check this article in TriCitiesSports.com, or visit the tourney website. Entrance fee is $25/event, and top prize is $1000.(Louis Wu 14:25:03 UTC)

  • Beating Halo 3’s Biggest Level – Fast

    If you’re interested in speedrunning Halo levels, you could just watch the videos at HighSpeedHalo.net – they’ll show you how others are doing it. However, if you’re looking for philosophy of route-taking, you need a blog entry. Ken Henderson has written up a piece on how to beat The Covenant in 20 minutes – I…

  • Halo 3 drops to number 2 on Xbox LIVE

    Halo 2 was released on November 9, 2004 – and from that point, until the week of November 13, 2006, it was the number one most played game on Xbox LIVE. (Part of that long, long run has to do with a dearth of killer titles for the time frame in question… but certainly Halo…

  • Call of Duty 4 more popular than Halo 3 on XBOX Live

    Major Nelson released the Xbox LIVE activity numbers for the week of 1/14.  More unique users played Call of Duty 4 than Halo 3 last week.  (JDOGG?).   Hrmm.  I wonder if gamers spent more time in Halo 3 than in Call of Duty 4. I got back into CoD4 and H3 in the last week. …

  • Counter-strike and Everquest banned in Brazil

    “Since January 17th, the games “Counter-Strike” and “Everquest” have been banned from sale in Brazil. The order comes into effect following an October 2007 Brazilian federal court decision, which ruled the games encourage “the subversion of public order” and are an “attack against the democratic state.” LAN Centers have been forced to remove the games…

  • RT: Back so soon?

    Now that the introductions are out of the way, Knuckles is getting down to business. This week marks the release of the highly anticipated Burnout Paradise, and he’s all over those achievements like Burnie on a package of Fig Newtons. Try not to get too…

  • Thought I’d clean my way out.

    As Ross Mills says, this is probably stretching it, but… OhGizmo compares the new Samsung Silencio Cylinder Vacuum to MC’s helmet. When you’re done sniggering, you’ll have to admit… there IS a slight resemblance.(Louis Wu 23:10:55 UTC)

  • Halo 3 OST Reviewed at SciFi.com

    Jase let us know that Sci Fi Weekly (the weekly newsletter of SciFi.com) has reviewed the Halo 3 Original Soundtrack – they say it has “replay value that hoists it above the usual game soundtrack.” (They say a lot more than that – go read the whole review.)(Louis Wu 22:12:34 UTC)

  • Stupidity, incoming…

    2phast let us know that another Larry the Marine comic is online – Larry needs to learn a few things.(Louis Wu 19:10:33 UTC)

  • Send in Stuff for This Week’s Show: Customs and Creations with ForgeHub!

    Episode 145: Foundry multiplayer tips will be out shortly. I’m trying to give you a little time to soak up the rapid-fire spray of episodes that have come out lately. This Sunday, however, we’ll be back to the usual Sunday release, with the exception of a two week break in early February because I’ll be…

  • Downfalling.

    A number of fans have gotten annoyed at the huge delays in the Halo comic from Marvel; it was supposed to bridge the gap between Halo 2 and Halo 3. Today, Stuntmutt shows you why it might not matter in the latest One One Se7en. Go read.(Louis Wu 15:59:27 UTC)

  • Print the Pink Mist

    Cat Richards really wanted the ‘Fear the Pink Mist’ Achievement – on her shirt. So she made a full-sized version (rebuilt in Adobe Illustrator) for printing. And then passed it along so that you could make your OWN shirt. Grab it in .PNG format, or .PDF. Your call.(Louis Wu 13:10:22 UTC)

  • Halo Stats Tracking Utility is Back

    Darkphibre has updated his Statistics Tracking Utility to work with Halo 3 – it’s a client-side tool, meaning you don’t have to access a website (other than Bungie.net) to view the stats. It requires the .NET 2.0 framework – not sure which Microsoft operating systems that includes, but it’s probably most of them. Take a…

  • blackouTT TV

    trigger119 let us know that blackouTT has his own GTV channel now – if you want to watch all blackouTT, all the time… now you can.(Louis Wu 12:37:42 UTC)

  • I’m just goan wing ‘im.

    Wow. Just… wow. G4’s X-Play has a video called ‘Tyler Perry’s Halo Family Reunion’. Thanks (I think) Grey Wolf.(Louis Wu 12:33:13 UTC)

  • The Riot 83

    Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 83 is now up – not long (20 minutes, 8 mb), but full of stuff. Go listen!(Louis Wu 20:47:25 UTC)